Street-railroad chair



(No Model.)

J. M. BAILEY.

STREET RAILROAD CHAIR.

No. 427,213. Patented May 6,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. BAILEY, OF GOODSON, VIRGINIA.

STREET-RAILROAD CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,213, dated May 6, 1890.

Application filed $eptember 25, 1889. Serial No. 325,028. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BAILEY, of Goodson, in the county of Vashington and Commonwealth of Virginia, have invented a new and useful streetRailway-Rail Chair, of which the following description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved device for securing street-railway rails in position, which will permit them to be removed and replaced without disturbing in the least the surfacing of the pavement such as concrete, asphalt, &c.of the street on which they are laid; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a portion of a street-railway having my improved rail-chair in position. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View of a chair and rail, showing my improved holding devices in position; and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a slightly-different form of rail and chair.

The rail, which is preferably semi-cylindrical, or substantially so, in general outline, is formed on one side with a groove or indentation (Z, which extends longitudinally for a short distance at the place where the rail is to be seated in the chair. The latter may be bolted, as indicated, to the usual cross-tie,

and may be of any desired form externally. The inner surface of the chair is shaped to conform substantially to the exterior of the rail, but is cut away at one side, as at e, the recess thus made being undercut or other wise formed with a projection 6 near the bottom. A holding-plate F is formed with a projection f on one side, and near the bottom, to engage with the projection e, and on the other side, and neart-he top, with a projection f to enter the groove cl in the rail.

The locking-plate does not fill the space between the side of the chair and the rail, and in order to keep the projection f in engagement with the groove in the rail it is necessary to insert between the chair and the locking-plate a filling-piece G, which may be simply a plate of metal.

In order to secure a rail in position, the locking-plate F is first put in place and swung back against the side of the chair. The rail is then lowered into the chair, the locking piece pushed against it, and the filling-piece dropped in to hold the locking-piece in engagement with the rail. When it is desired to remove a rail, the filling-piece is lifted out, the locking-piece swung back, and the rail raised from the chair. 4

The rail, locking-piece, filling-piece, and chair are all flush with the surface of the pavement, and it is not necessary to break the surface of the pavement in the least in order to remove the rail. If durable chairs and cross-ties are employed, it is possible to take up the rails and replace them as often as maybe necessary from. wear or other causes without ever disturbing the pavement, as no part of the locking devices is subject to wear except the upper end of the plates.

I make no claim herein to the form of rail shown in the drawings, as the same is made the subject of another application filed con-' currently herewith.

I claim- 1. The combination, with a rail having a groove formed in one side thereof, of a chair conforming substantially to the shape of the rail and cut away at one side and formed with a projection, a holding-piece formed with a projection to engage said projection on the chair, and a second projection to enter the groove in the rail, and a filling-plate, substantially asshown and described. j

2. The combination, with a rail having a groove formed in one side thereof, of a chair conforming substantially to the shape of the rail and cut away at one side and formed with a projection, a holding-piece formed. on one side and near the bottom with a projection formed to engage said projection on the chair, and a second projection on the other side and near the top to engage the groove in the rail, and a filling-plate, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a rail chair adapted to receive and substantially fit a rail and cut away on one side and formed with a projection, of a holding-piece formed on one side with a projection to engage said projection on the chair and on the other side with a projection adapted to engage a rail, and a filling-plate, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN M. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

J. D. JONES, W. H. Bolton. 

